《中国青年报》1999年11月19日一则新闻的标题是“叶利钦舌战车臣”。对此读者可能有如下两种理解:一是叶利钦与车臣舌战;二是叶利钦在车臣舌战。 前一种理解是出于对三国故事“诸葛亮舌战群儒”的联想(这正是标题制作者所追求的)。舌战,是唇枪舌剑的争战,即言词的论战。舌战的双方都是人(个体或群体)。当年 “China Youth Daily” November 19, 1999 The headline of a news report is “Yeltsin Chechnya.” This reader may have the following two understandings: First, Yeltsin war with Chechnya; Second, Yeltsin war in Chechnya. The former understanding is based on the association of the Three Kingdoms story “Zhugengxuezhanquru” (which is exactly what the title creators are pursuing). The war of words is a war between words and deeds. Both sides of the tongue war are people (individuals or groups). then